It ’s called “ Snake ” and it ’s being compare to another supposed state - run virus , Stuxnet . And yes , all evidence points to Russia .
accord to British - free-base BAE systems , lashings of computer connection have been infected with the computer virus , which sometimes goes by the name Ouroboros ( name after the serpent in Greek mythology ) . It works by giving remoteattackers“full distant admittance to the compromised system of rules . ” It has stealth qualities , include the power to stay inactive for a number of days .
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The cyber weapon system has been increasingly used since the beginning of the year , before the derangement of president Viktor Yanukovych . security measure expert are comparing it to Stuxnet , the malware that disrupt Iran ’s nuclear facilities in 2010 . More from AFP :
Although its origins are unreadable , its developers appear to operate it in the same timezone as Moscow — GMT plus four hours — and some Russian text is embed into the code , BAE say . BAE has identified 14 case of Snake in Ukraine since the start of 2014 , compared to eight cases in the whole of 2013 . In all there have been 32 reported cases in Ukraine since 2010 , out of 56 worldwide . “Our news report bear witness that a technically advanced and well - organised group has been developing and using these tools for the last eight long time , ” said David Garfield , the manage director of cyber security at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence . “There is some evidence that connect these tool to previous breaches connected to Russian threat actors but it is not possible to say precisely who is behind this campaign . ”
The trouble with releasing advanced computer virus like these is containability . Take Stuxnet , for object lesson , which was recently detected in a Russian atomic mightiness works . It ’s conceivable that the viruses , once unleashed , might damage other computers and systems in irregular and undesirable ways . I recall the self - eating snake metaphor in this case is quite apt .
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[ AFP ]
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